Building My Bookish Companion: An AI Reading Assistant

Have you ever wanted to read War and Peace but felt overwhelmed by its 1,200+ pages? 📚 (Tolstoy isn't exactly known for brevity.) Reddit communities like r/ayearofwarandpeace tackle this by reading together over a year, providing structure and accountability that makes reading massive books feel manageable.

I built My Bookish Companion to capture that same energy in a conversational AI. It's a reading assistant that helps you work through epic books by creating personalized schedules and keeping you engaged along the way.

AI Gets an Open Book Exam: Making Sense of RAG Technology

Remember my last post about taking better notes, featuring our fictional smart coffee machine company, Brewtiful? We imagined building the perfect system to capture insights. Now, what if you could just ask that system a question and get a clear, relevant answer instantly, instead of manually searching your notes?

A Technical Manager's Guide to Note-Taking

Ever had that moment where you know you wrote something down about that important meeting last month, but now it's lost in the digital void? As a technical manager, I often find myself drowning in a sea of information. Between team meetings, one-on-ones, technical alignment sessions, and those random 3 AM epiphanies, keeping track of everything can feel like herding cats.